Editor's note: Camera reporters and photographers are covering today's campaign rally by President Barack Obama on the University of Colorado campus. Check back for updates as the day goes on.

2:09 p.m.

President Barack Obama wraps up campaign speech on University of Colorado's Boulder campus to strains of Bruce Springsteen.

The Obama campaign reports that 13,000 people attended the rally.

1:44 p.m.

President Barack Obama has taken the stage with a "Hello Colorado! Go Buffs!" welcome.

1:14 p.m.

President Barack Obama's campaign rally is now under way on the University of Colorado's Boulder campus.

President Barack Obama speaks on Norlin Quad at the University of Colorado in Boulder on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (Greg Lindstrom / Longmont Times-Call)

12:38 p.m.

The lines to get onto the University of Colorado's Norlin Quad to see President Barack Obama are much shorter now, with the line on the west side almost gone, But there is still a line on the east side.

Boulder's Lori Carlucci, who was close to the Norlin entrance, left early from a family vacation in Crested Butte and drove to Boulder this morning -- but accidentally left her family's four tickets behind.

She manged to find four tickets before the event by asking others in line, but then had to wait on the other side of Broadway for an hour until the motorcade passed.

"I've never seen a president speak live," she said. "It was worth it."

12:27 p.m.

After a stop at The Buff Restaurant, President Barack Obama's motorcade has now arrived at the University of Colorado's Boulder campus ahead of his campaign rally this afternoon. The president is expected to address the thousands of supporters assembled on Norlin Quad around 1 p.m. today.

12:05 p.m.

Some of those waiting in the long lines to get in to see President Barack Obama's rally are starting to get nervous that they won't make it in time to hear the president speak.

President Barack Obama greets fans after his speech on Norlin Quad at the University of Colorado in Boulder on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (Greg Lindstrom / Longmont Times-Call)

Those who got in line around 10 a.m. were still waiting an hour-and-a-half later and the two lines wound through the campus and down Broadway.

Stephanie Schindhelm said she got in line on Broadway near College Avenue -- and was a little nervous about her chances.

"It says the tickets are required, but don't guarantee entrance," she said. "I just want to hear him."

11:26 a.m.

President Barack Obama's motorcade has stopped at The Buff Restaurant at 28th Street and Canyon Boulevard, and the president went inside to shake hands with surprised diners.

Obama ordered the Ole Skillet, which includes red skinned potatoes, chili verde jalapenos, white onions, tomatoes, cheddar cheese and two eggs a with side of toast

When Obama was here in April, he famously stopped at The Sink on University Hill, where he signed his name on the wall and, once outside, had yogurt spilled on his pants.

Obama's motorcade left the Westin Hotel in Westminster at approximately 10:40 a.m. Obama's motorcade crossed into Boulder at 10:55 a.m. Some cars on Denver-bound U.S. 36 pulled over to wave, take pictures

10:43 a.m.

According to Boulder police dispatchers, intersections along President Barack Obama's motorcade route into Boulder are being closed in anticipation of the president's arrival.

10:20 a.m.

Security checkpoints opened at 10 this morning for supporters of President Barack Obama who've been lining up all morning to see his campaign rally on the University of Colorado's Norlin Quad. The event is expected to take place sometime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There currently are two lines being let onto the grassy field through two separate security checkpoints, each with five metal detectors.

CU freshmen, other students and Boulder County residents waiting in line said they were excited to see the president today.

"It's our first year voting so we've got to make sure we do it right," said freshman Allea Ortega, who is wearing a homemade Obama T-shirt today. "We have to see what the candidates stand for."

Griffen Davies, another freshman, said, "It's so cool to see. It's a once in lifetime experience. I'll have a memory for the rest of my life."

Susie von Mettenheim, of Nederland, brought her two kids, ages 11 and 15, to today's rally.

"I wanted to give my kids an opportunity to see him," she said. "He's an amazing man."

9:35 a.m.

Traffic on U.S. 36 headed into Boulder is starting to back up as supporters of President Barack Obama drive in to town for today's campaign rally on the University of Colorado campus.

There is a visible police presence on U.S. 36 near the Table Mesa Park-n-Ride and at several of the on-ramps onto the Boulder-bound highway between Westminster, where the president traveled by motorcade last night, and Boulder.

Traffic currently is beginning to back up at the McCaslin Boulevard exit headed up Davidson Mesa and down into Boulder.

8:07 a.m.

As crews set up security stations and metal detectors outside the University of Colorado's Hellems Arts and Sciences building on the south side of Norlin Quad, about 150 people were already in line this morning.

While camping on the campus was not allowed, Brooke Garcia, of Greeley, said she had been sitting in her car and wandering around the area in order to secure her spot at the front of the line at 6:30 a.m.

"I'm very excited, it's my first time seeing him, " she said of President Barack Obama. "I'm trying to shake his hand."

Melba Logan said she hoped Obama would address issues such as health care and education: "Things that concern the common everyday man."

While sitting in line, Vickie Stubbs and Andrew Downing played a game of cards with each other to pass the time after meeting each other for the first time just 30 minutes earlier.

"Got to love Boulder, " said Downing, a CU junior, as he shuffled the deck.

Stubbs said she was looking forward to the atmosphere that was slowly building around Norlin Quad.

"Just the energy and hearing him speak, " she said. "I've never seen a sitting president before."

7:33 a.m.

About 150 supporters of President Barack Obama are lined up on the University of Colorado campus this morning to see the president's campaign rally, which is expected to take place sometime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Norlin Quad.

Some arrived as early as 5 a.m. today. Lines have formed on the south side of Norlin Quad near the University Theatre building.

Officials will begin checking tickets and admitting people into the viewing area on the quad at 10 a.m.; free tickets that were handed out at various Boulder County campaign offices are required to get into the viewing area, according to the Obama campaign.

Obama's stage has been set up in front of Eaton Humanities, on the northeast end of the Norlin Quad, and faces south toward Ekeley Chemistry and the University Memorial Center area.

Today's appearance by Obama marks only the third time a sitting U.S. president has visited Boulder, and it is Obama's second trip to the CU-Boulder campus since April, when he delivered a speech about student loan interest rates in the Coors Events Center.

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